Sir Julian Huxley –
British biologist and author
The human race will be the cancer of the planet.
Attributed
Evolution is the most powerful and the most
comprehensive idea that has ever arisen on Earth.
Attributed
Thomas Huxley –
British biologist
I asserted – and I repeat – that a man has no
reason to be ashamed of having an ape for his
grandfather.
Speech, June () replying to Bishop Samuel
Wilberforce at the Association for the Advancement of
Science in Oxford, June ()
It is an error to imagine that evolution signifies a
constant tendency to increased perfection.
Social Diseases and Worse Remedies‘The Struggle for
Existence in Human Society’
If he is to allowed to let his children go
unvaccinated, he might as well be allowed to leave
strychnine lozenges about in the way of mine.
Method and Results‘Administrative Nihilism’
Irrationally held truths may be more harmful
than reasoned errors.
Darwiniana‘The Coming of Age of the Origin of Species’
Félix Martí-Ibáñez –
US microbiologist and medical historian
The physician must have a thorough knowledge of
the history of the world and of the society in
which he lives, and he must also know the links
between the past and his present duties. For
without history nothing has a full meaning
Ariel‘The Fabric and Creation of a Dream’
The history of medicine is a study not only of
man’s health and diseases throughout history but
also the history of all human activities connected
directly or indirectly with the pursuits of
medicine.
Ariel‘The Fabric and Creation of a Dream’
Henrik Ibsen –
Norwegian playwright
Oh, one soon makes friends with invalids; and I
need so much to have someone to live for.
Hedda GablerAct IV
Ivan Illich –
Austrian-born social philosopher and activist
The medicalization of early diagnosis not only
hampers and discourages preventative health-care
but it also trains the patient-to-be to function in
the meantime as an acolyte to his doctor. He
learns to depend on the physician in sickness and
in health. He turns into a life-long patient.
Medical Nemesis
Healthy people need no bureaucratic interference
to mate, give birth, share the human condition
and die.
Medical Nemesis
To give the lower class greater access to health
care would only equalize the delivery of
professional illusions and torts.
Medical Nemesisp.
The medical establishment has become a major
threat to health.
Limits to Medicine()Indian proverbs
Bathe every day and sickness will avoid you.
Physicians live by rich patients, officials by
unlucky princes, princes by litigants, and clever
men by fools.Indian (Kashmiri) proverb
Until a physician has killed one or two he is not a
physician.Indian (Tamil) proverbs
Domestic medicine is preferable to that of a
physician.
Hospitality and medicine must be confined to
three days.William Ralph Inge –
British churchman
Man as we know him is a poor creature; but he is
halfway between an ape and a god and he is
travelling in the right direction.
Outspoken Essays: Second Series‘Confessio Fidei’Robert G. Ingersoll –
US lawyer, writer, and agnostic
Reason, Observation, and Experience—the Holy
Trinity of Science.
The Gods
Many people think they have religion when they
are troubled with dyspepsia.
Liberty of Man, Woman and ChildSect. Dwight J. Ingle –
Science cannot be equated to measurement,
although many contemporary scientists behave
as though it can. For example, the editorial
policies of many scientific journals support the
publication of data and exclude the
communication of ideas.
Principles of Research in Biology and MedicineCh. Irish Proverbs
A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures
in the doctor’s book.
A long disease does not tell a lie; it kills at last.
Death is the poor man’s best physician. ·